St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-02

position that thrlveS on plain food and
hard work, favor of adventure that has
attracted great attention. From the nature
of his life in the saddle he becomes an ex-
pert horseman, and his constant association
with firearms makes him expert in their
use; to use his expressive idiom he is
.'rustler" well equipped to roam the track
less plains of the great West as a knight
Grant in the interest of the cattle baron.
In spite of the reality Of drudging that falls
to his lot there is enough of danger and
dash to surround him with a halo of rO-
nance. The white SLOUGH hat with snake
skin band, the jngling spurs, the we'll
worn shining leather chapperals, the belt,
bristling with cartridges, are always associ-
ated with the cowboy, The genuine ar
ticle is. generally speaking, modest, self
reliant
MAN OF NERVE AND ENDURANCE.
Almost every Western place, however,
has its gang of long-haired loafers and bor-
der DULLES that show themselves at sta
tons, live in saloons and terroriZe the town
and vilely misrepresent the cowboy by
adopting his DRESS and manage to get their
drunken depredatlons catalogued to his dis.
credit.
This week at Sackett & Virgins there
will be what the fancy of the bill-writer
has pleased to delegate as the cowboys
convention. 1t includes under their native
sObrlquets:
Mexican Joe, Rio Grande Bill, Texas Jack,
Horn Charlie, Lasso Mack, Bride Bill, Ca
manche Dan, Roundup Bob, Maverick Nike,
Buckskin Tom, Dashing Charlie, Prairie
Duke, Curlie, the Guide.
These men came from various sections of
the country, ranging from Montana to
Texas and Mexico, and are fair types of
what they represent. Col. Joe Shelley
| (Mexican JOEL who is modest and retir-
! ing man. is perhaps the most famous scout
and plainSman that has ever visited this
city. Standing about five feet ten inches
in his high-heeled boots. with good large
hands, small feet. trim limbs, heavy chest,
well-shaped head, rather refined features,
heavy sandy mustache. and remarkably
clear blue eye, is this man of about 40
years, whose
LIFE READS LIKE A ROMANCE.
Seated at his hotel last night he told
| GLOBE some facts in his life, which are
events of extraordinary interest. He was
| born in Georgia, and was educated at the
WoOlwich academy, England. After his
apprenticeship his family purchased a
commission in regiment, then commanded
| by Lord Blandford, afterwards Marquis of
Blandford. now the present Duke of MARI
| borough, the correspondent in the recent
| Campbell divorce case. The first year of
his lieutenancy he killed in duel, in the
Boulogne wood. near Paris, Col. j. II.
Simpson, of 81. NJ. S. Col. Shelley says
him to go on the field of honor. This
was in 1862. To escape military punish
ment he shipped in the Starry Banner,
| blockade runner, and reached Charleston,
where he obtained a position On the staff of
Gen. Joe Johnston.
| At the close of the great conflict he put
his credentials in his pocket and started for
Texas. There he entered the scouting
service under Gen. Ord, and organized the
Texas Rangers. At that time the Lone
| Star state was infested with the best Or
ganized and most powerful gang of thieves
and cut threats that ever struggled across
the Rio Grande. At Bartholdi Pedros they
melted the Indians to the war path, and
defied the law in every style. Numbering
over 800 members. this cabal organized for
crime Systematically conducted their opera
| lions from Mexico to the northwestern
boundaries of Texas. After an adventur-
GUS campaign Of three years Col. Shelley
and his rangers finally wiped them out OF
existence. Col. Shelley was one of the
earliest American settlers in old Chihuahua
| locating large ranch in the Sanos valley.
He imported the first Jerseys and Durham
cattle into the country, and had a flourish
! ing ranch when the most terrible trial of
his life took place. He had established
this ranch when he entered the Mexican
scouting service under Garcia in 1878.
| SPEAKING A NUMBER OF LANGUAGES.
aided him in his schemes of daring, and
| this. allied with his experiences as plains
man and intimate knowledge of Indians
made him a dangerous enemy-a trusted
| friend.
"One day was out on solitary prowl
among the Sierra Madre mountains ire
marked the colonel complacently) and met
| two white men and a Mexican, and was
| invited to their quarters. [ was just max
ing an interesting haul in game of monte,
when my hands were seized from behind,
| a gag was thrust into my mouth, and | was
relieved of my revolvers in a style that
was refreshing in its Tapidity. Bound like
a trussed turkey, l was carried all night up
| the mountains on pony back, and at the
| break of day was driven through the mar
row natural gateway that led to the noun
| tain fastness OF Chihuahua plateau sur
rounded by natural mountain walls. Cliffs
arising from fifty to 100 feet above the ordi-
nary level approached by torluous noun
tain paths made impregnable the eyrie from
which the famous chief and his followers
emerged to raid over all the surrounding
country. For three days and nights l
was bound to sapling between two stakes
| Continued the speaker) and was
AN ANIMATED TARGET
for jeers and jests and arrows of the bucks
and Squaws. (The colonel has the marks
that furnish the documents for his latter
statement tattooing his entire body.) The
arrow heads were sharp as the blade of a
knife, and were shot so as to cut through
the skin and draw plenty of blood without
touching a vital spot. Three days l defied
them with all my powers of endurance, al
though my flow of language was hardly
equal to the volume of blood wasted, and
at the end of that time l was assigned to
the care of two guards to do mental duties
with the sQuaws. For eighteen months l
scraped hides and stood the rough racket of
an Indian prisoner. Finally one of the
chiefs squaws took great fancy to me, and
through her aid [ saw a chance for escape
l shall never forget the beautiful moonlight
night l left. The outfit had a big
celebration and mescal had the best of their
brains. One of my guards was